Sanitary soap-dish



L. TUOU.

SANITARY SOAP DISH.

APPLICATION FILED IAN.24. I9I4.

Patented Aug.. 8, 1916.

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LINCOLN TIJOU, OF CORPUS CHRISTI, TEXAS.

SANITARY SOAP-DISH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 8, 1916,

Application led January 24, 1914. Serial No. 814,069.

To all whom t may concern: v Be it known that I, LINCOLN TIJoU, a citizen of the United States, and resident of Corpus Christi, Nueces county, Texas, have.

had to the accompanying drawings, forming a. part hereof. l

My invention relates to improvements in sanitaryisoap dishes, and the object of my invention is to construct a novel means wherein soap may be kept dry after using.

A further and more specific object of my invention is to provide an improved receptacle comprising a drain cup and a brush wherein the brush is designed for use in cleansing hands, or scrubbing or the like and which brush when not in use is arranged to support upon its bristles or flexible abrading surfaces a piece of soap so that the soap is kept in 'a dry condition and the brush itself is drained in order to preserve the brush.

With the above purposes in view my invention consists in certain novel features of construction and arrangement of parts as will be hereinafter more fully described, pointed out in the claim and illustrated by the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l -shows in plan -a device conlstructed according to my invention, the piece of soap therein; Fig. 2' is an elevation of the device as shown in Fig. 1;. and Fig. 3 is a longitudinal sectional elevation showing the device as in use.

Referring by numerals to the accompanying drawings: 5 designates a receptacle, constructed in such manner and of such material 'of the brush from which the bristles project declines toward the center of the brush, and the bristles 9 are arranged in tufts of uniform lengths which present a surface lowest at lits central portionand highest at its ends so that, when a cake of soap such as shown at 10 is placed upon the bristles of the brush the soap is in contact with the brush only at its ends,thereby offering circulation of air about the entire cake of soap so as to permit it to dry rapidly after using.

It is to be particularly observed that the brush is supported above the bottom of the receptacle so that there is room beneath the brush to contain the water drained from the Soap as well as the brush. It is to be observed further that, when the brush is in place in the receptacle, its upper face inclines toward the center, so that the brush back is drained and will automatically dry itself. It is to be observed further that the soap is supported only at its ends so that air may circulate about practically the entire cake of soap.

While I have shown and describedthe brush as a bristle brush, I do not wish to be understood as limiting myself to this construction, ashemp, hair or rubber bristles or teethimay be employed without departing from the spirit of my invention.

I claim:

An improved holder comprising a back having (when inverted) a draining-surface which inclines downwardly' from its ends toward its center, said back having a number of drain-perforations `-formed vertically therein for draining the liquid from said inclined surface at various points; and tufts of brush-material, all of uniform length, projecting from said inclined surface, to form a receptacle for a cake of soap, above the said downwardly and centrally Ninclined surface.

In testimony whereof, I have signed my name to this specification, in presence of two subscribing witnesses.

LINCOLN TIJoU.

Witnesses:

y THOMAS B. SOUTHGATE,

FRANK RABB.

for a cake of soap, 

